The account was retired in 2019. Shortly after retiring the account, creator Freddie Campion told the Washington Post he did so because the Florida Man meme had become a little too mean-spirited.

From this, the Florida Man meme rose to prominence on social media, sharing snippets of outrageous stories for easy laughs, carelessly turning perpetrators and victims alike into punchlines.

Eric says he is indeed the “Florida man” the memes suggest. “I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed,” he says in the second episode. “But I’ll stab you with the sharpest tool.” ...

Man” dramatizes some of the wildest stories that inspired the ubiquitous “Florida Man” meme. Entertainment Critic Having just survived the brutality of Hurricane Milton, the Sunshine State ...

Hurricane Milton memes are raining down upon Twitter ... As usual, jokes about the nature of Florida residents (particularly Florida Man) have proliferated. Known for being more than a little ...

The “Florida Man” meme is pretty well known by now; it’s about stories coming from the Sunshine State that are so strange that they can’t be believed, even though they’re all true.

A die-hard Trump supporter and free speech advocate is celebrating Trump’s win under the Florida sun. Marvin Perry came on ...

A Florida man was arrested Monday after a physical altercation at an early voting site in Pinellas County over the weekend involving the campaign manager of U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna ...

An unhinged Florida man horrifically pummeled a deaf and nonverbal ... him repeatedly in the face and head until blood was drawn,” the complaint states. “He was just very violently and very ...

Assuming that It’s Florida, Man is going to be successful — and the memes and stars come with their own built-in audiences — there should be opportunities to take more risks in a ...

That level of attention to detail has also drawn Luke Hallinan to "GTA" and ... "Florida always has had jokes in the past for its Florida Man meme," he said. "So strange stories they can be ...